That's a good point, though I'd just knock him out and call the cops..Or paralyze him. That works too..
Anyways, I don't really keep weapons in my house unless my kitchen knives or matches and rubbing alcohol count. My family taught me to be aware of my surroundings and use them to my advantage. (Though, I admit, a weapon here and there really would be helpful, but it's really not that safe since my sis is only two.)

Why do you value your lives so much that you would kill someone in order to retain them?
What makes you that much better than the other person?

because that person is a criminal and I have a right to defend my person and property with force if anyone uses force against me.
are you really insinuating that if a person came to do harm to you or even kill you that you would just let them?

Why not try to get help to these mentally deranged people instead? Why do you feel the need to kill them?

I would absolutely let anybody kill me at any moment. In fact, I regularly tell anybody that hates me to come and kill me.

Thats not heroic, its just suicidal. If you ask me i would use a weapon to threaten first. Scare them into keeping their distance, then see if you can help them. Naturally if there was a high chance of me losing my life, and there was no means of escape, i would rather take their life. Its normal for humans to value their own lives over others.

Why do you value your own life over other lives?

Because my life is more important.

Listen, your logic fails on so many levels that you just sound like an idiot at this point. No sane person would let someone kill them in the way you describe.

How is your life more important?
How does my logic fail?
Why would a sane person want to kill someone just to live?

Why is my life not more important?

Because you are a mortal, and will eventually die like the rest of us.

So then why is it okay for them to kill you, but not you them?

Because it is not my world. If they do not want me here, I will gladly leave.

How does your logic not fail?

Because nobody is better than any other person. We are all equal, and should be treated equally.

If we are all equal, then why is that person attacking you in the first place? He should treat you with equal love and concern that he would his with his family or himself.

Because he has a severe mental problem, so we need to be proactive and try to eliminate these psychological deficiencies from the human condition so we don't have to worry about people killing each other.

Why wouldn't a sane person want to kill just to live?

Because the person you just killed could have easily been a future friend of yours, but you never gave them the chance to prove that they could change.

Why didn't he first ask for your hand in friendship and help, rather than threaten your life?

Because he has a severe mental problem that needs to be tended to first.

See, this is why your logic fails. You're claiming that there is equality, but in the same sentence claiming that one person should break that equality to change the outcome through specific actions that are outside of being realistic. It's a fallacy known as reification.

I keep a swiffer nearby at work... cause i think it would be funny to see someone get beat with one after they try to rob a place. Cause then they would never live it down when they goto jail and someone recognizes them from youtube. That and its non-lethal, plus i have cops sitting in the store for 1-3 hours at a time, so i know ill never need it.

Keeping a gun or two in the house seems reasonable but having one in every room? Do you think you will be in some situation like in the movies? Aren't you just giving them a chance to arm themselves with one of your own guns? If I break in and am able to spot one of your guns I guarantee you I will grab it even if I had no intention of causing harm to the people in the house. I support owning guns within reason but too many people go overboard with it and end up being a threat themselves. (Not saying anyone is at that level in this thread. I just remember articles about situations like that.)

Keeping a gun or two in the house seems reasonable but having one in every room? Do you think you will be in some situation like in the movies? Aren't you just giving them a chance to arm themselves with one of your own guns? If I break in and am able to spot one of your guns I guarantee you I will grab it even if I had no intention of causing harm to the people in the house. I support owning guns within reason but too many people go overboard with it and end up being a threat themselves. (Not saying anyone is at that level in this thread. I just remember articles about situations like that.)

Anyone that owns a gun for non-recreational purposes is a threat. They would probably shoot someone for stepping on their lawn.

Keeping a gun or two in the house seems reasonable but having one in every room? Do you think you will be in some situation like in the movies? Aren't you just giving them a chance to arm themselves with one of your own guns? If I break in and am able to spot one of your guns I guarantee you I will grab it even if I had no intention of causing harm to the people in the house. I support owning guns within reason but too many people go overboard with it and end up being a threat themselves. (Not saying anyone is at that level in this thread. I just remember articles about situations like that.)

Anyone that owns a gun for non-recreational purposes is a threat. They would probably shoot someone for stepping on their lawn.

A lot of time goes into keeping a yard nice so I see no issue with that. You only need to shoot one to keep the rest off usually.

Keeping a gun or two in the house seems reasonable but having one in every room? Do you think you will be in some situation like in the movies? Aren't you just giving them a chance to arm themselves with one of your own guns? If I break in and am able to spot one of your guns I guarantee you I will grab it even if I had no intention of causing harm to the people in the house. I support owning guns within reason but too many people go overboard with it and end up being a threat themselves. (Not saying anyone is at that level in this thread. I just remember articles about situations like that.)

Anyone that owns a gun for non-recreational purposes is a threat. They would probably shoot someone for stepping on their lawn.

A lot of time goes into keeping a yard nice so I see no issue with that. You only need to shoot one to keep the rest off usually.